Movie: Robot Contest Romaji: Robokon Japanese: ロボコン Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya Writer: Tomoyuki Furumaya Producer: Hironori Miyagawa Cinematography: Release Date: September 13, 2003 Runtime: 118 min. Production Company: Shogakukan Productions, NTV, Toho Distributor: Toho Language: Japanese Country: Japan **Synopsis** Satomi Hazawa (Masami Nagasawa) is a student at a technical college. One day, a teacher informs her that she is short of credits and offers her the choice of more courses or join the secondary Robot Club as credit. Satomi opts for the Robot Club. She then joins the school's B Robot Club and must prepare with her team for the upcoming RoboCon contest which involves 124 teams from 62 different technical colleges. Satomi is the operator of the robot ... **Cast** Masami Nagasawa - Satomi Hazawa Shun Oguri - Koichi Aida Atsushi Ito - Yotsuya Takashi Tsukamoto - Kazuyoshi Takeuchi Kazuma Suzuki - Zushi sensei Risa Sudo - Sasaki sensei Tsuyoshi Ujiki - Yoshiyuki Hazawa Hideko Yoshida - Obaba YosiYosi Arakawa - Gohara Sei Hiraizumi - Wakita sensei **Awards** "Rookie of the Year" (Masami Nagasawa) - 2004 (27th) Japan Academy Prize - February 20, 2004